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Anita left Ajax for Newcastle United in 2012 and he has played over 150 official matches for the English giant since then, but will now be searching for a new club. " Pepe will stay at Napoli until the end of his contract ", Quilon told Calciomercato24.com. And with relations between player and club at an all time low, Reina is looking to move to a club where relations with the hierarchy would be brilliant. (more...)

In 2016, Stephen Curry had a sore knee, Andrew Bogut was out for games 6 and 7, and Draymond Green was suspended for Game 6. "He said he wanted us, and he has us starting Thursday", Love said. They defeated the Warriors last season after losing their first two Finals (2007 and 2015). Not precisely, mind you, since my guess was Cleveland in six games over Golden State and not seven, as it turned out to be. (more...)

Current odds give Golden State around a 10 percent chance of becoming the ninth team in National Basketball Association history to sweep the Finals, and thus becoming the first to finish the playoffs unbeaten. Here's what you need to know to get everything set up. In the real world, the Cavs completed an epic comeback previous year to stun the Warriors and claim the NBA Finals title. (more...)

Injuries and suspensions have meant Messi and Dybala have started together just once for Argentina in 2018 World Cup qualifying, the Juventus star sent off in the first half of a 1-0 win over Uruguay in September past year. After that, there will be only three games to secure a spot in Russian Federation. Sampaoli, unveiled as coach on Thursday and with Argentina struggling in qualifying, said he wanted the pair to work together. (more...)

The Celtics haven't been in a position to draft someone this talented since taking Len Bias No. 2 in 1986 (Paul Pierce fell to them at No. 10 in 1998), so they should just go ahead and make the pick. When head hunting for the summer break, Ainge made clear that Boston is scouting for somebody that towers over Thomas, and ideally one that is a consistent scoring machine too. (more...)

Kell Brook will be fulfilling a dream he shared with his uncle when he defends his IBF welterweight title against America's Errol Spence at Bramall Lane. Spence turned Brook's left eye into a mess, and the champion was retreating after taking so much to the body. One of Brook's most impressive bouts actually came in a loss last September to Gennady Golovkin , giving the undefeated champion his most hard time yet. (more...)

While they were focusing on the IPL , whenever they got an opportunity to prepare, they did. South Africa are the favourites to advance from Group B with India and start their campaign against Sri Lanka . It's always good (to start with a high-pressure match). "But our preparation was good apart from this game so we are confident anyway". When you play against Pakistan , it is important to remove the distractions from the mind. (more...)

Prior to losing to Sunderland, the Tigers had won seven of eight unbeaten matches at the KCOM Stadium. Kane is certainly up for it and eager to add to his 32-goal tally in all competitions. "There has been a bit of build-up on the race for the Golden Boot and I wanted at least one or two to put the pressure on but to get four is incredible", Kane said. (more...)

India have the ideal balance with 9 players from the victorious 2013 side being retained. Starting from 2011, six ICC tournaments have taken place out of which India have won two, reached one final and two semifinals. The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy One Day International cricket tournament was held in India from from 7 October to 5 November 2006 and a total of 10 teams participated. (more...)

Once the session does end, the legislature will need a super majority to get a budget passed and then there's still no guarantee the governor will sign it . Democratic Senate President John Cullerton of Chicago pushed two property-tax freezes measures through the Senate Tuesday. Harmon says it would also create an expedited process for such cases so that innocent owners can regain their property more quickly. (more...)

Artemis picked up a point by beating the Japanese boat by 13 seconds. It was the British team who started the stronger. They then came out and got past Sweden's Artemis Racing in a thrilling start to the second ay with a 3s win. That's because there is still tension between New Zealander Barker, who is skippering Team Japan, and Ainslie, who is in charge of English team Ben Ainslie Racing, following their crash on Sunday. (more...)

They will hope to have Welsh winger Gareth Bale fit to feature in his home city of Cardiff as they seek to be crowned European champions for the 12th time, but find Serie A titans Juventus standing in their way. Zinedine Zidane naturally seems to be keeping his cards close to his chest but bet365 makes Bale a 13/2 chance to score first in the match and he can be backed at 12/5 to score anytime. (more...)

She said someone painted over the slur before officers arrived. The LAPD has also said that it would investigate the incident as a hate crime. The day before facing the Golden State Warriors in the first game of the NBA Finals, the star forward put the incident in historical context. (more...)

And, by the time officers arrived at the home, "the racial slur was covered up by property management, police said". Police are investigating it as an act of vandalism and possible hate crime. TMZ was told James was not home at the time of the incident. "Hate in America, especially for African-Americans, is living every day", James said, "and even though it's concealed most of the time, even though people hide their faces and. (more...)

LeBron James' home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles was vandalized with a racial slur on Wednesday morning, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed to SB Nation. It was about dealing with racism, which James said "will always be a part of the world, a part of America". "My family is safe, they're safe and that's the most important", James said. (more...)

England , who beat South Africa 2-1 in their three-much One-Day International series just prior to this tournament, look to be in fine nick, though their batting had imploded against the Proteas in the last match of the series. Tamim, who made a brilliant 128 batting first , seemed to have taken a spectacular catch to dismiss Eoin Morgan as England came out to bat but replays showed that the ball was in fact grounded while the Bangladesh player tried to complete a hard catch. (more...)

Whether or not it's actually possible, Mr. Met's popularity is rapidly escalating in the Twitter universe. With Citi Field packed with schoolchildren for the matinee, Mr. Mr Met has been the official mascot for the NY team since 1962 and the costume is worn by more than one person every season. Chase Anderson pitched seven shutout innings and the Brewers benefited - temporarily, anyway - when a bat boy wearing a Milwaukee jersey bumped into Mets infielder Wilmer Flores on a ... (more...)

The mercurial striker was clinical in front of goal during the first half of the season, and he has notched 20 strikes in his 34 Premier League appearances. Villa, Newcastle and Norwich, who were relegated past year, got nearly 41 million pound each, QPR 31 million pound and the other four more than 16 million pound. (more...)

They won the World Series that year. Harper was retired three times by Matt Moore . "I learned I just need to control my emotions". "I've left the ball over the plate a couple times to him and he's taken advantage of that", he said. "Three years later, time to turn the page", Roark said. "It was three years ago, over a thousand days". Harper threw a closed-fist punch that landed on the bill of Strickland's cap. (more...)

And if we're all honest, as much as a compelling playoff would've been welcomed, seeing a classic Finals will be the ideal bleach to a season where we spent most of the time going, "Blech!" For Kevin Durant , it would be the latter considering the criticism he's taken in the name of competitive balance for joining a 73-win team-after squandering a 3-1 lead of his own last May as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder . (more...)